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St Lawrence Catholic Church ~ Hillsville, Pennsylvania

The St Lawrence Catholic Church was built in 1906 for the Italian Catholics of Hillsville, Pennsylvania. It was a wood frame church and burned down in July of 1930. The brick Church pictured above was built and dedicated in March 1931.

We were driving on Route 422 when I spied this old church I told my Hubs.... STOP!! I want to get a picture. Well, I kind of shrieked it.

I only wish I could have gone through it, and maybe I could have had I ask.

St. Lawrence Cemetery located right beside the Church.

This is what I seen driving up to it.

I just thought it looked beautiful!!

Located on 3195 Churchill Rd, right off W 224. They have since built a newer church in 1967 and this is now use for the CCD Recreation Center.

The church is more of an apartment complex for retired Priests and Nuns now. It's also well known for being haunted.

My family roots are only a few hundred yards from the church, and you actually photographed my great grandmother's grave stone. There is a lot of history surrounding this location. A lot of it bad, being the birthplace of the mafia (black hand society) in the US (not proud of this, but it is history). Look up Hillsville, PA and you will be surprised.